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I like to sell used and collectible books. And a few other related and totally unrelated items. I hope that you find something that interests you on one of the pages you can link to from this page. If you do find something to purchase, please email me.

Located in SW Florida, I answer my email daily - if the daily thunderstorms haven't knocked out the electricity, or the hurricanes haven't knocked off the roof, or the alligators haven't eaten us! Surviving in SW FL can be much more of a challenge than in some other more, well, northern states.

If you've never lived here, let me explain. Most people have heard of the hurricanes and alligators but what about the 4 -5 foot monitor lizards which live around us? Or the equally large iguanas which can climb on house roofs. Then, of course, there are the sharks and stingrays (if you are the adventurous type who will go into the gulf), the sheet flooding and fire season. And don't forget sink holes. Sink holes large enough for a car to fall down into while the owner was filling up at a gas station - with his wife sitting inside the car (now just how much snow do you have to get per season to make you want to pick up everything and move south so you can be at risk of falling 10 feet into the ground while filling up the car?).

The payoff is the 90-92 degree pool and gulf water temps in July and August (we just have to be careful to swim inbetween lightning strikes). But, like the north with those pesky ice storms, you can adjust to the obstacles to enjoy the beauty.

Also, it is very hard to die of boredom down here - just watching out the window can scare you to death: the above mentioned wildlife in addition to birds eating the fish in the newly flooded back yard , armadillos hunting for a snack and the ever present black snakes. (They are for our own good, of course, eating the lyme disease carrying dragon fly sized mosquitos!) Just thinking of the unique ways of dying down here makes my heart tighten up - boredom, nope, I don't imagine I'll live through the daily wildlife scares long enough to die of boredom!

On to more Business Related Topics!

I've sold used and collectible books since 1991 either in a book shop, an antique mall, book fairs or via the internet - usually at multiple venues simultaneously!

When I sold books full time, I was a member of the appropriate professional organizations - I say that so you will know that I know how to describe a book's condition to professional standards. The antique dealers in my book/antique mall taught me a few things about other collectibles and I especially like the vintage jewelry (and bags!) and continue to buy & sell a few pieces like those on the following pages.

The Old Bag Lady name comes from the fact that I'm always carrying bags of something: bags of used books, bags of new books, bags of crafts, gym clothes bags and bags of more books. Of course, I have a bag for my cd player, a bag for the car dvd player, a camera bag and the ever present beach bag (with a plastic container of venegar to use in case of stingray bites)! I have shopping bags and bigger bags to hold various combinations of the above mentioned individual bags! And differnt styles of purses which may go inside another bag...

My husband says he has never seen the likes of it. So, I will now quit fighting the image (and the fear of becoming) an old bag lady and am henceforth:

The Old Bag Lady - Selling Books & Stuff

Madlyn Blom

OldBagLady@embarqmail.com